Glare and occluded view compensation for automotive and other applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11699404-B2
Application number	US-202217703645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2022
Priority date	Apr 17, 2017
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing system comprising:
an electronic display dashboard for a vehicle;
a camera to provide video for the electronic display dashboard;
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory to store instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to:
display, via the electronic display dashboard, a plurality of virtual objects, the virtual objects including at least one of a virtual dial, a virtual gauge, or a user interface (UI);
display, via the electronic display dashboard, based on the video, a scene that continues from a bottom of a windshield downward such that a view from the windshield continuously mates with a view on the electronic display dashboard, wherein to display the scene includes to display an external object to a driver that is otherwise occluded by the vehicle; and
move, in response to a command from the driver, one of the virtual objects to a new position for display via the electronic display dashboard.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of virtual objects are superimposed over the video for display via the electronic display dashboard.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises a majority of an area beneath the windshield.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises at least one discrete display giving an appearance as a window to display a view from a front of the vehicle.

5. An apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
logic communicatively coupled to the memory, the logic implemented at least partly in one or more of configurable hardware logic or fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic to:
display, via an electronic display dashboard for a vehicle, a plurality of virtual objects, the virtual objects including at least one of a virtual dial, a virtual gauge, or a user interface (UI);
display, via the electronic display dashboard, based on a video from a camera, a scene that continues from a bottom of a windshield downward such that a view from the windshield continuously mates with a view on the electronic display dashboard, wherein to display the scene includes to display an external object to a driver that is otherwise occluded by the vehicle; and
move, in response to a command from the driver, one of the virtual objects to a new position for display via the electronic display dashboard.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of virtual objects are superimposed over the video for display via the electronic display dashboard.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises a majority of an area beneath the windshield.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises at least one discrete display giving an appearance as a window to display a view from a front of the vehicle.

9. At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:
display, via an electronic display dashboard for a vehicle, a plurality of virtual objects, the virtual objects including at least one of a virtual dial, a virtual gauge, or a user interface (UI);
display, via the electronic display dashboard, based on a video from a camera, a scene that continues from a bottom of a windshield downward such that a view from the windshield continuously mates with a view on the electronic display dashboard, wherein to display the scene includes to display an external object to a driver that is otherwise occluded by the vehicle; and
move, in response to a command from the driver, one of the virtual objects to a new position for display via the electronic display dashboard.

10. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of virtual objects are superimposed over the video for display via the electronic display dashboard.

11. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises a majority of an area beneath the windshield.

12. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises at least one discrete display giving an appearance as a window to display a view from a front of the vehicle.

13. A method, comprising:
providing an electronic display dashboard for a vehicle;
providing at least one camera to provide video for the electronic display dashboard;
displaying, via the electronic display dashboard, a plurality of virtual objects, the virtual objects including at least one of a virtual dial, a virtual gauge, or a user interface (UI);
displaying, via the electronic display dashboard, based on the video, a scene that continues from a bottom of a windshield downward such that a view from the windshield continuously mates with a view on the electronic display dashboard, wherein displaying the scene includes displaying an external object to a driver that is otherwise occluded by the vehicle; and
moving, in response to a command from the driver, one of the virtual objects to a new position for display via the electronic display dashboard.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of virtual objects are superimposed over the video for display via the electronic display dashboard.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises a majority of an area beneath the windshield.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the electronic display dashboard comprises at least one discrete display giving an appearance as a window to display a view from a front of the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the windshield is an electronic display that is semitransparent.

18. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the windshield is an electronic display that is semitransparent.

19. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the windshield is an electronic display that is semitransparent.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the windshield is an electronic display that is semitransparent.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Runyan Arthur J
• Hicks Richmond
• Ansari Nausheen
• Biswal Narayan
• Peng Ya-Ti
• Appu Abhishek R
• Kao Wen-Fu
• Lee Sang-Hee
• Ray Joydeep
• Wang Changliang
• Avadhanam Satyanarayana
• Janus Scott
• Smith Gary
• Shah Nilesh V
• Rowe Keith W
• Johnston Robert J

Classifications

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title

• B60K2370/52

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60R1/24

  in front of the vehicle · CPC title

• G09G3/3406 Primary

  Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336) · CPC title

• B60R2300/207

  using multi-purpose displays, e.g. camera image and navigation or video on same display · CPC title